Acts 15:10

The Passion Translation

So why on earth would you now limit God’s grace by placing a yoke of religious duties on the shoulders of the believers that neither we nor our ancestors have been able to bear?

Cross References

Galatians 5:1

At last we have freedom, for Christ has set us free! We must always cherish this truth and firmly refuse to go back into the bondage of our past.

Matthew 23:4

They tie on your backs an oppressive burden of religious obligations and insist that you carry them, but will never lift a finger to help ease your load.

Galatians 4:9

But now that we truly know him and are intimately known by him, why would we for a moment consider turning back to those weak and feeble principles of religion, as though we were still subject to them?

Hebrews 9:9

it was an illustration that pointed to our present time of fulfillment, demonstrating that offerings and animal sacrifices had failed to perfectly cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.

Isaiah 7:12

Ahaz answered, “I will not ask. I won’t attempt to test the Lord Yahweh.”

Hebrews 3:9

There your fathers tested me and tried my patience even though they saw my miracles for forty years they still doubted me!

Matthew 4:7

Once again Jesus said to him, “The Scriptures say: You must never put the Lord your God to a test.”

Acts 5:9

Peter told her, “Why have you agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? I hear the footsteps of those who buried your husband at the door—they’re coming here to bury you too!”